tiptoe around
beat around the bush
change the subject
draw a veil over
pussyfoot
face up
potter
go off halfcocked
take lightly
hem and haw
give a monkey's
careful
end run
better safe than sorry
soothe
watch it
have several seats
falter
neglectful
feel the heat
make a federal case out of something
close the book on
nut up
gut up
paper over the cracks
face up to
hrmph
watch one's step
soap
pertinaciously
relax
tactfulness
walk on eggshells
air out
go for it
rise above
work through
give a damn
obsess
boggle
kick around
bandy
talk at
chat shit
keep one's head down
tread carefully
spit it out
push past
put out of one's mind
dirty linen
dither
punt
outface
consider
dissemble
not know which way to turn
shy
hairsplitting
button one's lip
split hairs
stick to one's text
coy
cautiously
cautionally
hold one's tongue
act chicken
keep it together
keep a low profile
guard one's tongue
hesitant
preoccupy
quiet
settle
sing small
circumlocutionary
calm
talk over
toe-dance
noli me tangere
joke around
talk
womanhandle
sidetrack
measure twice and cut once
discretion is the better part of valour
keep mum
indifference
sugarcoat the pill
skate over
trouble
gnawingly
take a view
bother
trouble oneself
nonchalance
inconvenience oneself
make something of

English words for 'To act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.'

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